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Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 20500

Injection of medication directly into an abnormal narrow channel that runs from an internal area, such as a chronic infection or abscess, out through the skin surface. This is done to help treat the underlying condition, such as a persistent infection.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract cost?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $575 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$110 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$102 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $91 to $3,020Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $93 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$194.98
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$145

AK $363FL $91.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.